England Cricket captain Alastair Cook will lead the side at next year’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand after being named Wednesday as skipper for an upcoming one-day international series in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, national selector James Whitaker confirmed.
“He will be our leader at the World Cup,” Whitaker told the media after the 16-man squad for a seven-match ODI series in Sri Lanka in November and December was announced.
Left-handed opening batsman Cook faced questions over his form and leadership throughout all of England’s recent home campaign but answered his Test critics by leading the side to a 3-1 series win over India following a defeat by Sri Lanka.
England has never won the World Cup in nearly 40 years.
